Vibrant Colour Gallery

Costa Rican flying tree frog (Agalychnis spurrelli)

Costa Rican flying tree frog (Agalychnis spurrelli) on a tree trunk. Selva Verde Rainforest Reserve, Sarapiqui, Costa Rica CHECK LOCATION

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Spanish dancer (Hexabranchus sanguineus)

Spanish dancer (Hexabranchus sanguineus), A large dorid nudibranch (sea slug). This one about 27 cm long. It can invert is mantle and with an undulation of its body and wave-like motion of its mantle, swim gracefully through the water when disturbed. North Solitary Island, Solitary Islands, New South Wales, Australia

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Faulkner's coral (Tubastraea faulkneri), Solitary Islands MP

Faulkner's coral (Tubastraea faulkneri) with tentacles extended from the large polpys (up to 12 mm across) and, in one case at the bottom of the image, retracted. It is a tropical species, in Australia occurring from Jurien Bay in Western Australia across the north and then south to Sydney. It is often preyed on by the sea snail Epidendrium billeeanum that eats the polyp then lays its eggs in the colony. Solitary Islands Marine Park. New South Wales, Australia

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